Pad-cover for carriage-steps



Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

J. T. DICKEY.

EAD COVER EOE eAEEIAeE STEPS.

(No Model.)

lllllll S. e S S e UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. DICKEY, OF TRENTON, NEV JERSEY.

PAD-COVER FOR CARRIAGE-STEPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent m5349586. dated September28, 1886.

Serial No. 195,511.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. DICKEY, of Trenton, in the county of Mercerand State I of New J ersey, have invented new and useful Improvements inRubber-Pad Covers for Carriage-Steps, and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and accurate description of the same.

Rubberpad covers for carriage steps have i been employed heretofore; butthey have always been secu red in place by clamps of some kind securedby screws to the metallic step. i Usually they have a thin marginadapted to fold over the edge of the step and be clamped against theunder side thereof by a frame secured with Screws.

The object ot' my improvement is to avoid the necessity of using screwsor clam ps ot' any kind, and therefore to avoid the liability of loosingdetachable parts and the difficultiesattending the placing and securingthe pad in that or any similar way, by making the pad with a pocket onits under side having sufficient elastieity to permit it to be passedover the corners ot' the shoe, and yet rigidity enough to retain itsshape and place after being so attached.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view ot' my padin position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same from the underside. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same.

A is the earriagestep, of ordinary construction, being composed o1" ailat plaie of metal, with a leg, g, extending up to and usually attachedto the carriage-body.

B is the pad-cover, iliade from some proper material, ot' whichcompounds of vulcanized rubber are preferred. I make the pad Ilsuflieieutly thick and rigid to enable itto main tai n its place andposition on the step; and I provide it with an open pocket constitutedby a continuous uuderturued margin, d, on its underside, into whichpocket the plate ortread composing the step is introduced and retainedby being coutned within said pocket around all its edges, excepting onlyat that pointwhere thelegg departs from it. This is clearly shown inFig. 2.

Having described my invention, l claim as new- A cover pad forcarriage-steps, composed of a plate or pad, B, provided ou its underside with a continuous uuder-tl'lrued margin, d, constituting a pocketadapted to receive and inclose all the edge of' the step-plate, exceptat the point where the step-arm isjoincd to said plate, whereby said padwill be retained in place withoutotherfasteuings, substantially as Setforth.

JOHN T. DIGKEY.

Witnesses:

EDwu. F. DmNAN, Enwn. M. 'Voommns7 J. W. Dient-w.

